Friday, February 1, 2013

Colorado skier visits down 5.5% for the season - Kansas City Business Journal:

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percent from last year, reportedf Thursday. But the state’sw ski resorts had an uptic in visits by Front Range andMelanie Mills, Ski Country’es president and CEO, pronounced hersel “very happy with where visitation is for this “The travel industry as a wholew was put to the test this past year,” Mill said in a statement. “But visitation numbers show not only the endurinf value of a Coloradoski vacation, but the strongv commitment our resident skiing and riding communit has to our state’s signatur sports.” Ski Country is a marketin g and trade group for 22 Colorado mountain Those member resorts alone recorded 6.
79 milliom skier visits this season, down 6.9 percenty from the previous year, Ski Country Member resort numbers for 2008-090 were down 3.9 percent from the average of the last five Ski Country said. Ski Country said that in-statde resort visits were up 2.5 percent over last year, as Front Rangr residents took advantage of bargains and stayed closef to home to keep down vacatio andrecreations costs. Ski areas operated by Broomfield-basedx aren’t members of Ski Country. Those resort include Breckenridge, Vail, Beaver Creekm and Keystone. Vail Resorts last week said its total skiee visits at all itsresorts — includinbg Heavenly in California-Nevada — were down 5.
3 percent from the previoue season.

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